Topic summary
39% 10 analyzed articles/videos 8,646 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ancient Civilizations results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 2,781 hits . Analysis detected 23,942 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,584 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 17% (19,193 of 22,989 topics). This Ancient Civilizations is better (less manipulative) than 83.50% of the peer group. Ancient Civilizations
Topic details
Total words: 34,584
Article count: 10
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
17% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.5% percentile 1.4% BS Score10 analyzed articles34.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 6.2% 6.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst